my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 118 The Price of Growth (Revision)

The changes in the war situation far exceeded the expectations of Muggle military experts.

It also refreshed the knowledge of wizards.

As the [Resistance Army] tried its best to counterattack, and the subsequent counterattacks of the two armies of the hunting team, the battlefield gradually became more complicated.

Surrounding the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, the vast land in the middle of Eurasia has become a cruel battlefield.

Modern technology and magical magic have made the original mountains, rivers and natural chasms undefendable.

In the Muggle world war, even if the front lines began to infiltrate anxiously, or there was a fierce battle to capture the city, the broad front would still be a clear linear battlefield as long as it was zoomed in on the world map.

Now, their battlefield is a large area, a huge strip that cuts the continent from south to north!

There are no traces of large cities or civilization in this area, leaving only a large number of broken military bunkers.

If these can be considered civilized.

The biggest change on the battlefield was the addition of wizards, which led to a qualitative change in the mobility and survivability of the increasingly otherworldly army.

Now, large armies can teleport hundreds of kilometers across!

The protracted heavy artillery bombardment can be eaten hard!

The wounded who were dying could be saved if they were broken into several pieces as long as they did not die on the spot!

Even those seriously injured soldiers only need to rest for a month or two before they can return to the battlefield intact!

In this short six months, the war led to rapid progress in magic and technology.

[Super·Group Apparition], [Jet Flying Broom], [Legion Level Spell], etc., various new magics emerge one after another, which will always determine the battlefield pattern for a period of time.

And [anti-space permanent fortifications] are the basis for delimiting the scope of the battlefield.

Both sides relied on such fortifications to protect their rear from penetration, and both sides were working hard to break through the other side's defensive boundaries.

These developments are basically not caused by aqua regia.

It is the wizards of this world who have burst out with amazing creativity.

As the war progressed to this point, the nine awakened people each looked at the map, looking at the world war they had started alone, and then collectively scratched their heads.

Hiss, why does this battlefield environment and this confrontation look so like a planetary war in the main world?

Or is this the early stage of a planetary extraordinary war?

Wang Shui even had some doubts——

Is it possible that in two years' time, local wizards will be able to develop early mobile armor without his intervention?

But overall, the scale of the war is still under control.

In this game, those who suffer are the ones who suffer, and the person who is under the greatest pressure is Voldemort.

He has won everyone's support with his hard-line charisma, and now the only big loss is his troops.

After the main forces of all parties entered the battlefield, Voldemort's army, which had originally expanded its territory at a high speed, took the initiative to shrink its front and reduce the frequency of battles.

They had tried their best to avoid casualties, but the gap in equipment made them the favorite prey of the resistance.

The Awakeneds, headed by the [Michelle Brotherhood] hunting team, marched their two armies into the battlefield. Their equipment was updated very quickly, and their commander-in-chief was also very professional.

It was they who resisted the rebel offensive and killed a large number of rebels in the center of the battlefield.

On the battlefield now, the rebels have the most advanced equipment and the largest number of people. However, their weapons and equipment are insufficient in total and their models are not uniform. There is a huge gap between small units.

The second is the hunting group troops. They are a step slower in iterating equipment, but they have sufficient equipment, consistent models, and stronger combat effectiveness than the resistance forces.

Then, there are the nearby supporting forces. They were not targets on Voldemort's offensive route, but they also joined the United Front to provide support to the resistance, including the wizarding countries of Da Mao and America. They really brought the troops over and fought with live ammunition!

Finally, there is Voldemort's army, a nominal army with 66 divisions inside. Not only have their numbers been severely reduced, but their equipment has not even been upgraded for a long time.

On this battlefield where technological power is exploding, if their combat effectiveness remains unchanged, it is equivalent to a rapid decline.

Voldemort was getting more and more impatient, and many of his men knew that those elite rape warriors did not belong to Voldemort, but those who were beaten did.

However, soon, based on the industrial center of Europe, it was completed.

Under Wang Shui's design and direct participation in the construction, vast industrial areas were spread out, directly drawing an iron-gray zone on the map.

Now, Voldemort also has complete industrial production capacity. He can even directly produce the latest equipment, the third generation of forced breeding warriors, and the new version of forced breeding wizards.

After delegating power and releasing technology, the awakened ones told Voldemort that we have made enough money and the industry has been given to you, so we are ready to fade away now, and we will still be allies in the future.

Those two armies will naturally not be given away to you, but we will accompany you to fight until the whole army is annihilated.

The cutting was for better management. Now the Awakeneds began training with ease and began to prepare for the subsequent war, and Voldemort also began his changes.

The industrial zone has been built, but it is very obvious that there is a lack of manpower, a large amount of manpower, especially skilled technical workers.

Voldemort made the most efficient choice - arrest him directly.

As long as it can provide labor force, regardless of nationality, race or gender, the absolutely equal industrial zone will not reject anyone!

As for skilled technical workers, they can only be transferred from the old factory system, and the industrial areas still need them to bring in new people.

However, in this way, the production capacity of conventional industrial commodities will be directly cleared.

Those modern cities with many high-rise buildings have instantly turned into deserted ruins - the shops here are no longer open, the public facilities here are no longer maintained, and the city has lost power and consumables, as well as supplies.

New population centers are spreading along industrial zones that stretch across several countries.

Now, there is no need to worry about recruiting labor force.

What? You don't want to make weapons? Don't want to enter the factory?

Tsk, get magic.

Not everyone likes life in a factory. Oh, on the contrary, almost everyone doesn't like the endless heavy work, let alone the smelly workshop.

Therefore, [Group Soul Seizing Command Technique] was quickly developed.

The running-in period of the new industrial zone was very short. After only two months, various high-end outputs were sent to the front line.

People outside the industrial zone don’t know much about the work inside.

They only know that their loved ones were forcibly recruited, and they only know that people are thrown out every day.

Those who left the factory were inexplicably dull. They had no obvious injuries, but they became very slow. Occasionally, when they were alone, they would wave their arms inexplicably, as if they were operating some equipment.

This is a problem with the new Imperius Curse. The new group Imperius Curse is more effective than a single one, but it is inevitable that it will cause irreversible soul damage to Muggles.

Do those who surrender regret it? In the poor slums outside the industrial area, would they still expect Voldemort to keep his promise?

After a lot of blood and sweat, Voldemort's troops finally recovered from the battle damage.

The most important thing is that their equipment has caught up with the average battlefield level.

Then keep fighting.

……

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In January 1995, a logistics planning report with no confidentiality level was issued normally after being reviewed by Voldemort, and then implemented by the "Magic Cabinet" reorganized by the Ministry of Magic.

Soon, this report came to the channels of the awakened ones through the military network.

Here, the awakened ones are not using the channels provided by the system. They have already built a military communication network maintained by the world's strategic communication satellites.

Since the beginning of the war, there have been more affairs, so they have used military networks, which makes it easier to command.

Although the logistics report did not have a confidentiality level, it was reviewed by Voldemort himself, so it was marked with a red mark, and all the awakened people took a look at it as usual.

Well, it is indeed a very ordinary logistics report.

After nine people had read it, the report was automatically marked by the system and thrown into the historical file.

There was only Shui Wang, who was in a rest room far away. He looked at the military tablet in his hand and was in a daze.

"What, do you have important information?"

Sylvia happened to walk into the lounge. She saw the strangeness of aqua regia and subconsciously asked.

"Huh? Ah...no, it's just a logistics report."

In a daze, Aqua Regia seemed to have recovered, but Sylvia still looked at him silently and pointed at her eyes.

Wang Shui also noticed the tears on his face, so he wiped them with his hands inexplicably.

But now, his eyes were like sponges filled with water. Tears welled up unconsciously at the slightest touch.

"Ah, I...what's going on..." 　　　　There was no crying in Wang Shui's voice. He wanted to explain something, but he couldn't formulate the words.

Sylvia took the tablet and dragged Shui Wang to sit on the sofa.

At this time, the war has been going on for a long time. Normally, Sylvia would deliberately not get the enemy's information from Wang Shui.

Because she wanted the most realistic war experience.

But now, the content on the tablet attracted her.

This is indeed a run-of-the-mill logistical report, and a brief one at that.

The front is just simple data. Look at the content before the frame. The charts and numbers that follow should be the workers who died and lost the ability to work due to various reasons in the industrial area.

The middle part is a detailed data record of the improved soul-stealing technique and the control effect on workers, followed by improvement suggestions from the Black Magic Research Institute.

Finally, there is the summary of the logistics managers - although the front line is still anxious, the pressure on industrial production capacity has been much reduced, and the current production situation is good.

The manager also suggested reducing the intensity of labor and the intensity of soul-stealing techniques, and requested the establishment of a dedicated medical wizard force for the industrial area.

He believes that as consumable workers, the damage speed is too fast. The younger generation will not have time to grow up, and their personnel reserves will be exhausted.

Voldemort agreed to this, but he also gave instructions - merchants across the Atlantic have this kind of resource, and the prices they offer are not high, so they can buy a few batches to try.

That's it for the short report, no nonsense.

Sylvia turned off the tablet. In her opinion, this was a normal report.

However, Wang Shui was definitely not crying because of the betrayal of those businessmen.

"Is it because of those innocent ordinary people?" Sylvia asked softly.

Aqua regia, who sat muffled on the edge of the sofa, pressed his face into his hands, but tears could still overflow from his fingers.

He shook his head first, and then nodded. His emotion was not intense, but his whole body was filled with pure sadness.

Sylvia sat next to Wang Shui and reached out to take him into her arms.

Sister Nephrite often clings to Sylvia like this. She says it makes people feel at ease.

"Did you think of something? Let's talk to me."

After Sylvia asked, there was a long silence in the lounge, but she never lacked patience.

"I... thought of my grandfather... right? No, it wasn't him, it wasn't just him... That was the town where I grew up. It was what the old people said. We were missing a generation, my grandfather's father's generation. , my hometown almost disappeared from the world."

Wang Shui finally answered intermittently and in a low voice. This was an answer that he was not sure about.

Sylvia didn't ask again. She could probably guess that the generation Wang Shui mentioned should be similar to the situation in the logistics report.

"I... Hill, extraordinary people are always so ruthless, I..."

"In your hometown, those who committed these crimes must not be extraordinary people, right?" Sylvia suddenly interrupted Wang Shui, whose train of thought had become dangerous.

"I... Phew - I'm much better, Sylvia. Don't worry... I'm not obsessed with my changes, it's just that I'm a little sad.

I think of my childhood and my ordinary and helpless elders... Do you think those who provoke wars for no reason and make profits will feel ashamed of their crimes? "

Wang Shui asked a very innocent question.

Sylvia didn't answer, and Wang Shui didn't expect an answer.

He understood that his tears were not only shed for his elders, but also because of himself. He was now the bastard who started the war, the ruthless transcendent.

Wang Shui suddenly felt like a villain.

Until now, he has no idea of ​​ending the war immediately, no idea of ​​saving the common people, and he doesn't even have much shame.

He is the answer.

Wang Shui hugged Sylvia tighter.

"Want to go back to your hometown to see it?"

Looking at her belly wet with tears, Sylvia suddenly asked.

"No." As a transcendent person, Wang Shui refused decisively.

"I don't have a home anymore."

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Three months have passed, and Wang Shui's whole spirit has become depressed.

The body shape and weight of extraordinary people usually do not change much, but Aqua Regia was obviously losing weight at this time, and he was also more gloomy.

Wang Shui arrived at the rebel command center.

This time, he not only brought a large amount of supplies, but also a piece of information.

The building here is not complicated. The general command room is in the middle of the semi-underground strong fortress. A large number of resistance officers are busy, looking for paper and pen.

It seems that the meeting has just begun.

Sylvia was thinking about something in front of the messy temporary sand table in the middle of the command room.

She saw Wang Shui entering the door and started the meeting directly.

"Before the next round of nuclear strikes, the two places E5 and E6 must be interspersed back, and the space mobility force must be prepared to transfer personnel from the two divisions.

The two armies in the middle continue to maintain high mobility and are dispersed. The current fortifications can be abandoned, and the supply lines must also be dispersed. Oh, by the way, is there any news from the engineering team? "

Sylvia looked at Wang Shui when she spoke, and Wang Shui then replied:

"Yes, the engineering team has completed sampling. There are very few radiation residues on the battlefield. It seems that they also have to backfill the front line."

"That's good news. Are there any ideas for resisting nuclear bombs now?"

"Not yet. The temperature and energy ray intensity generated during the explosion are too high. The Institute of War Research does not recommend taking the defensive route of hard resistance. The technical difficulty is very high.

Now, the frontline needs high-mobility operations to maintain effective force. "

"No, at least there must be air defense. We can't keep spreading out. Is there any news about air defense?"

When Sylvia asked this question, all the officers present sat upright at the same time.

They listened carefully to the briefing in the headphones, and then began to pack up quietly and quickly.

Five seconds later, nuclear explosion sirens sounded throughout the entire frontline base.

Wang Shui stepped forward and put his hand on Sylvia's shoulder. The two of them twisted and were a hundred kilometers away in an instant.

Looking at the dozens of mushroom clouds rising in the sky, Sylvia motioned to Aqua Regia to continue.

Wang Shui still looked depressed, but his answer was not negative:

"Air defense will take time, but our nuclear weapons are ready."

　Um, sorry, although the content of one chapter seems short, I am very concerned about the construction of this plot.

　　There were problems with the order of the narrative and some vague descriptions, so I re-edited it.

　　The good news is that after the revision, the number of words has increased, it is still free, and it is smoother.

　　What I'm more sorry for is that everyone who was watching my updates at night had a taste of the chocolate that tasted like reply.

　　I'm very sorry, feel free to torture me in the group.

　　(kneel)

　　

　

(End of this chapter)